jiā jiá

be wedged or inserted between

DEFINITIONS

夾 jiā
  • to press from either side
  • to place in between
  • to sandwich
  • to carry sth under armpit
  • wedged between
  • between
  • to intersperse
  • to mix
  • to mingle
  • clip
  • folder
  • Taiwan pr. [jia2]
夾 jiá
  • double-layered
  • lined (garment)
  • variant of 夾|夹[jia2]
夾 jià
  • Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]

WORDS

板氣 shòu jiā bǎn qì to be attacked by both sides in a quarrel; to be caught in the crossfire
八 jiā qī jiā bā completely mixed up; in a muddle
克 jiā kè jacket (loanword); also pr. [jia2 ke4]
具 jiā jù clamp; fixture (machining)
塞兒 jiā sāi r to cut into a line; queue-jumping
娃娃 jiā wá wa (coll.) to induce an abortion (Tw)
子 jiā zi clip; clamp; tongs; folder; wallet
尾巴 jiā wěi ba to have one's tail between one's legs
層 jiā céng interval between two layers; double-layered; mezzanine
山國家森林公園 jiā shān guó jiā sēn lín gōng yuán Jiashan National Forest Park in Shimen 石門|石门[Shi2 men2], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan
山寺 jiā shān sì Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen 石门, Changde 常德, Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成
帶 jiā dài to carry within it; to be mixed in; to slip sth in; to intersperse; (hydrology etc) to entrain; to smuggle; notes smuggled into an exam
心 jiā xīn to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking); stuffed
心餅乾 jiā xīn bǐng gān sandwich cookie; (jocularly) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
批 jiā pī critical annotations between the lines
持 jiā chí to clamp; tongs
擊 jiā jī pincer attack; attack from two or more sides; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
攻 jiā gōng attack from two sides; pincer movement; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
斷 jiā duàn to nip (i.e. cut short); to pinch off
板 jiā bǎn splint; clamp; vise (as torture instrument)
棍 jiā gùn leg vise (torture instrument)
江 jiā jiāng Jiajiang county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan
江縣 jiā jiāng xiàn Jiajiang county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan
生 jiā shēng half-cooked; (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc; Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5]
生飯 jiā shēng fàn half-cooked rice; (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance; Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4]
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